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First of all, I chose the music video of the song Zero Gravity by Finnish metal band Wolfheart to illustrate the notion of Spaces and Exchanges. Let's take a look at the lyrics: Profound is the grief Fathomless and downhearted is the silence Overwhelms like a flood Drowns into the deep dark waters   The ocean floor Somber and bleary surrounding Beneath the ice Frozen surface has begun To block the light of the sun   The absence of light Breeds and altered reality Faithful and familiar   Desolation, despair Like a dead space inside of me Creates a zero gravity Existence Without intention   Footprints on the snow Covered by the frozen rain from the north A trace leading into the dark A grand isolation   Cold is the air to inhale Cold is the heart impaired Glacial blood runs in your veins Pitch-black and frosty ichor   The absence of light Breeds and altered reality Faithful and familiar   Desolation, despair Like a dead space inside of me C

After viewing the film Elephant , please answer the following questions and illustrate each of your answers by inserting a suitable picture from the film (= ten answers + ten pictures in all): 1) What struck you most in the film? What struck me the most about this movie is its slowness. However, in my view, I see this as a perfect way to illustrate our everyday life. Also, I found the shots of the clouds in the sky interesting, as it reminded me that in Norse mythology, the clouds are in reality the thoughts of a giant. In that way, those camera shots could represent the school shooter's mind. 2) What also impressed you? What impressed me is how the director focused on the students' normal daily lives. I find it really interesting how he depicted this by having a camera follow the characters all the time and by showing long scenes where for example Elias reveals his photographs in the dark room. 3) Did you find anything more particularly upsetting ? What I found